Card-scorer.



A. G. E. LOWMAN.

CARD SCORER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1. 1917.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

vented certain new and ments in Card-Scorers, of which the fbllowmg isthe specification.

The invention relates to improvements in card scorers and one of theimportant objects of the invention is to construct an ordinary card boxso that it canbe utilized for scoring purposes, while another is toarrange a scorer which can be utilized for keeping the count of a greatvariety of card games.

A further but less important object is to provide a cheap, efiicientscorer as part of the card box which will not materially increase the,cost of production of the box.

With the above objects in view the invention consists esmntially in thearrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more and later pointedout in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a card boxconstructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical cross sectional view through the box.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

1 represents the ordinary rectangular cardboard card box having one endclosed as shown at 2 and the other end provided with a closure flap 3.This box is utilized at the present time to receive the ordinary pack ofplaying cards. Actually the interior dinnensions of the box are suchthat it will just nicely contain the pack of cards.

In playing a great variety of card games it has been customary to employseparate score pads for keeping the a few exceptions to this where woodboxes are made to contain the cards and the boxes are constructed sothat a special count can kept, such as, say for the game of crib-However the 0' games.

According to my invention the ordinary cardboard box is utilized forkeeping the count after the cards have been removed for Specification ofLetters Patent.

count. There are.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.-

Application filed March 1. 1917. Serial No. 151,779.-

playing purposes. To accomplish this end I as indicated will admit thepegs and retain them so that a proper score can be indicated. Thisfeabeen used for some time.

The perforations or holes which I make in the box are placed in definitefixed positions so that they can be used for keepin the score of a greatvariety of games. special arrangement of the perforations is nowdescribed.

Up the center and running lengthwise of the box I provide a series ofopenings 6, these being numbered, in the present in stanceconsecutively, and from the ends of the box inwardly 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7. At the center of the box I place the word Games and in view of thisname the center series of numbers are considered as game numbers. At theright and left hand sides of the box I locate further scoring numbers,there being a set of these for each player, those on the right sidebeing utilized by one player (1 those on the left hand by the other andings on the box,

spective players sitting opposite; @n each side of the game numbers Ilocate nine horizontal rows of perforations 7 with four holes orperforations in each row and the rows are numbered consecutively 1, 2,3, a, 5, 8, 7, 8, 9 with each perforation in the row bearing itsparticular designating These holes are used for keeping the initialcount. Directly above these rows of numbers I locate nine holesindicated generally by the reference numeral 8- and consecutively andthese holes are utllized to indicate hundreds. Above arrange ahorizontal dicated generally 9 and are utilized to indicate thousandsand immethe top of the box I place a. furnumber.

ther horizontal row of four perforations 10 which are numberedconsecutively 1 to 4 an are utilized to count what is known as rubofbridge. Between the Rubbers and I further color the box so that theperforations indicating those indicating rubbers will appear on abackground distinct fromthe other perforations.

At the bottom of the box and for each player I locate a single righthand perforation indicated at 11 and a single right hand perforationindicated at 12, the perforation 11 being utilized as a zero foration 12is used for indicating a minus score such as occurs in the gamefive-hundred. Preferably I circumscribe this latter hole 12 with acircle and color the interior 0 tghe circle a different color from thatof the The rows of initial count perforations are divided by a centrallylocated divisional line 13 for a purpose shortly described.

The above described scorer can be utilized for scoring games includingthat of bridge and five-hundred which are more or less irregular. inutilizing the box for the ordinary card games wherein the scoreprogresses regularly from one up to whatever score determined upon as agame I utilize the rows of initial count perforations to keep the scoreand these per;- forations will accommodate any score from 1 to 9999. lifit is desired to carry the score higher than this, one can tab thethousands in the holes 9 which indicate thousands. t will be readilyunderstood that each time a game is scored one places a peg in the gameholes 6.

- To utilize the score for five-hundred the score is counted in theusual way as just indicated and any minus count is indicated by markingthe score with the pegs and inserting a further peg in the hole 12 toindicate that the score marked is a minus or no ative one.

l n utilizing the score for keeping a bridge score one counts the pointson the hole while the pernumbered perforations,

right hand side of the line on the left hand side of the line 13. Thehonors and points are added together from time to time and carried aheadby placing a peg in one or other of the holes 8 indicating undreds, andcarrying the remainder of the score in the right handinitial scoreperforations 7 the same way a peg the Each time one scores a game intothe thousands by utilizing thousands hole perforations 9. e indicatesthis by placing a peg in the game perforations 6 and each time he scoresa rubber he indicates it by placing a peg in one of the rubber holes 10.

particular arrangement of perforations is an important one as it allowsof the keeping of the score for practically all ordinary games as wellas the more diflicult scoring as required in the game of bridge.

What I claim as my invention is z- As a new article of manufacture, acardboard box having a series of centrally ar ranged, lengthwiseextending, consecutively therein indicating game's,horizontal rows ofperforations at opposite sides of the game-perforations an numberedconsecutively from 1 to 9, there being four perforations in each row, aseries of consecutively num the ninth row of horizontal perforations ineach instance and indicating hundreds, a series of consecutivelynumbered perforations above the latter perforations and indicatingthousands, a series of consecutively numbered perforations above thelatter tions and indicating rubbers, a divisional line passinglengthwise of the box at each side and centrally between the horizontalrows of perforations and a single designatedperforation at each end ofthe box indicating a negative score.

Signed at Winnipeg,

uary, 191?.

AlWlllS GEORGE EDWARD lrOWlilAlL in the presence of-- Gr. S. Boxnm n,LAND Fos'rnn.

this 8th day of (lan- Thescore can be further carrie 1n perfora- 13 andthe honors I bered perforations aboye

